Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2, 3 and 4.

What food is good food? Sometimes the food we like to eat isn’t the healthiest food for us. The
Food Pyramid helps us to understand the different food groups, and it tells us how much of each
food group we should eat.
Look at the picture of the Food Pyramid. What foods do you see at the bottom? These are things
made from grain, for example, rice, ruti and bread. Potatoes are not grains, but they are similar.
Grains give us energy.
Fruit and vegetables are in the next level of the pyramid. These are also very important for us.
They have vitamins. They help our eyes and our health. On the next level, there are fish, meat,
dairy products, beans and lentils. Meat, fish and chicken have protein. Beans and lentils do, too!
Dairy products are things like milk and eggs. They help our teeth and bones. Protein and dairy makes
us strong. Fat and oil are at the top of the Food Pyramid. These make food delicious, but our body
does not need very much of them. Sometimes we can’t get food from all the different food groups.
But when we have choices about food, we need to make good choices.
1. Match the words of the column A with their meaning that is mentioned in the text in the
column B (there is two Extra). 15=
5
Column –A Column –B
(a) Level (i) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton
(b) Pyramid (ii) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
(c) Bone (iii) produced goods
(d) Delicious (iv) monument with a square base and four triangular
sides
(e) Product (v) a position on a scale of amount or quality
(vi) set of stairs
2. Write ‘True’ for correct statement and ‘False’ for incorrect statement. 16=
6
(a) We can realize the different food groups by the Food Pyramid.
(b) Beans and lentils have protein.
(c) Fruits and vegetables hinder our eyes and health.
(d) Potatoes are similar to grains.
(e) If we are strong and active, we can pay more attention at school.
(f) Milk and vitamins are dairy products.
3. Answer the following questions in a sentence or sentences. 26 =
12
(a) What is Food Pyramid?
(b) How does the food pyramid help us?
(c) Why are fruits and vegetables important for us?
(d) Why do we need fat and oil?
(e) Which food should we eat in plenty?
(f) Why is food essential?
4. Write a short Composition on ‘Food Pyramid’ [Write at least five sentences to the
topic. Remember to use capital letters, full stops and correct spelling.]